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"This week I discovered the same pattern, executed by Google. Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking."

Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise t

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Google Chrome automatically installs local neural network components on user systems via default configurations. The browser downloads a 4GB

Procedures for disabling it

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Not an invitation to cocoon yourself in a self-care bubble for four years, but a reminder to the 24/7 worriers that you can literally write "To Do on Monday: Worry about ________" on a post-it note and stop worrying about it for one day while you recharge.

quasi-normalcy

Another point: Both your mental health and your ability to resist will be improved by finding a community. A sorrow shared is a sorrow halved. And apes together strong.

monarcho-mysticism

Of course! Fascism will be stopped by positive thinking! Make sure toncare about you mental health first and foremost. It is the most important part of the <current political climate>. Feeling good is more important than doing anything, atter all.

...you guys get that being herded into a complacent mindset of "i will resist fascism by chilling" is exactly what a fascist regime would do in 21st century, right?

instant-bull

I think you're reading too much into this, the post doesn't say "you can resist by doing fuckall", it says you shouldn't allocate every second of your life to active and constant resistance and state of worry because it is, in the long run, going to damage you, burn you out and impact your wellbeing. It's actually not healthy to keep the candle burning in both hands.

"Protect your mental health" doesn't mean "ignore everything at all costs to achieve a sense of blissful ignorance", it means that you should know your limits. If I spend every day constantly worrying about the rise of neo-fascism I will achieve nothing and worsen my personal condition. If I instead allow myself to be more in-and-out, work within a community but then come home and, say, play a game or watch a movie, I will be much more beneficial to the society

wachinyeya

So I’ve been gathering news sources for this blog for a while now and the list on tumblr was getting too long so I made a spreadsheet lol lemme know if you have recommendations or if something doesnt work properly;

Living List of [Good] Env. News Sources

junefiress

i could do it i could bring star trek back from the brink of riverdaleisation and revive it with beautiful practical effects and meaningful political and philosophical questions and of course sick ass aliens but no one will give me the rights to the franchise because i have "zero writing or production experience" and "who even are you" and "how did you get past security". but i could do it.

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the more i watch star trek tos, the more it becomes abundantly clear that the reason why modern trek doesnt get kirk at all is because they dont utilise mccoy nearly as much anymore

in modern trek, they always present the idea of logic vs emotion, with spock being logic and kirk being emotion, but thats not how tos has it. in tos, the logic vs emption debate is spock vs mccoy. kirk is supposed to be the mediator between the two, sometimes siding with one side over the other, sometimes finding a middle ground between the two. thats why hes the captain, hes able to see all angles and pick the best course

when you make kirk the emotional one, it completely breaks the format, because 9 time out of 10, it means kirk has to be correct. theres no more balance

mccoy is just as important to tos as spock is, and while i do understand why spock is as popular as he is, without mccoy, the show doesnt work. you need them both. kirk spock and mccoy are the three leads of the show, and removing one requires you to change the others, which is whats happened to kirk

hollowboobtheory

doomerism is just bootlicking btw

hollowboobtheory

I need yall to remember. "There's no point in resisting" is not a rational thought and if you really believe that you need to pay more attention. they just ran ice out of Charlotte. people have begun invoking the second amendment more and more. we have communities fighting back the gestapo and winning. trump is hemorrhaging support. his top sycophant just resigned after tearing into him. idc if her motivations are less than pure-hearted, the fact that she's seeing the writing on the wall and jumping ship is a good sign. articles of impeachment have been reintroduced and this time the sponsor wants to force a vote. the epstein files have got them scrambling. and if I might repeat my point from earlier, cities and communities are successfully fighting off ice. they are literally retreating. he doesn't have the courts, he doesn't have the police, that's why he needs ice in the first place. and he's losing the congress and senate.

you guys see that video of rednecks chasing ice into the woods during hunting season? you are the ones falling into line. you are the ones kissing the ring.

hollowboobtheory

as chappell roan said: it's not over til it's over. and it's never over.

daysleftofsecondterm

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GOOD NEWS Pinterest users!!

You can drastically reduce the AI results on Pinterest and I suggest you do if this appeals to you.

1. Less to no AI showing up in search results is incredible. Not just for the user but also for the creators that make actual work. There will be less garbage to choke out their submissions.

2. Pinterest will track this and more users taking advantage of this feature means the more they will understand just how fed up we are with AI slop infiltrating creative spaces.

Here’s how you do it:

Pinterest > Settings > Refine your recommendations > GenAI Interests > Toggle them off to grey

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I got some anons too saying something or other about "uhh uhhh but you're a star trek blog you cant be anti c.ai!"

yes, I can. You are being Reginald Barclay rn, who no one liked, who was addicted to interacting with holo-people, who had ISSUES.

The first episode of Star Trek EVER, the Cage, follows the Talosians, a race of people who became so reliant on entertainment via the creation of illusion that they lost the ability to do ANYTHING for themselves in real life because the illusion was COMFORTING AND PREDICTABLE.

Don't play with me doodoohead I know more about star trek than you do

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wachinyeya

Casablanca solar-over-canal project is now fully complete—and producing even more clean energy than expected. After nearly a year online, the project is generating up to 1.6 megawatts of power, a step toward the community’s goal of becoming carbon neutral. ICT looks at what’s next, including new floating solar panel projects, lessons learned, and the challenges ahead.

✍️ Reported by Daniel Herrera Carbajal

homucifer-ryotan

PSA for Canadians. EDIT (September 16th): The petition is up until October 25th. You have plenty of time still to sign.

Link source

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Michigan Porn Ban Bill & What To Do About It

Here is an article about the bill, introduced to the Michigan State House on 9/11/2025, and the text of the bill: CBS Article, Bill PDF

This bill would prohibit:

The depiction of sexual acts in any manner, including written and of fictional characters

The "depiction, description, or simulation, whether real, animated, digitally generated, written, or auditory, that includes a disconnection between biology and gender by an individual of biological sex imitating, depicting, or representing himself or herself to be of the other biological sex by means of a combination of attire, cosmetology, or prosthetics, or as having a reproductive nature contrary to the individual's biological sex." Meaning any representation of Trans people or GNC people.

"The promotion or sale of circumvention tools to access prohibited material" meaning VPNs.

It is extremely important that this bill receives strong pushback from residents of Michigan. Because it is abhorrent in its rhetoric, censorious, and because if it passes (and potentially, even if it doesn't) it is likely that the GOP will attempt to replicate the bill in other state legislatures (if they are not already doing so).

If you live in Michigan, here is what you can do:

Contact your STATE LEGISLATORS. This means your representatives in the Michigan House and Michigan Senate. These are the individuals with direct power over this bill, NOT your representatives to the national House and Senate.

Here is a website that will help you locate your representatives. It will also provide you with their contact information.

It is PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT that you contact your House Representatives if they are Josh Schriver (District 66, covering parts of Oakland, Washington, Addison, Oxford); Joseph Pavlov (District 64, parts of Sarnia and surrounding); Matt Maddock (District 51, incl Highland, Milford and surrounding); James DeSana (District 29, incl Flat Rock, Berlin, the area outside of Monroe); Joseph Fox (District 101, incl parts of Cadillac, Fremont, Big Rapids); Jennifer Wortz (District 35, incl Coldwater, Hillsdale and surrounding). These are the bill's sponsors.

It is also important that if you live in their districts you contact Sarah Lightner (District 45), Brian BeGole (Dist 71), Tyrone Carter (Dist 1), Douglas Wozniak (Dist 59), Mike Harris (Dist 52), Jay DeBoyer (Dist 63), Gina Johnson (Dist 78), Bill Schuette (Dist 95), Kara Hope (Dist 74), Kelly Breen (Dist 21), and Helena Scott (Dist 8), who are the members of the Michigan State House Judiciary Committee, which is where the bill has been referred. The bill must make it out of the committee before it can be voted on on the floor.

It is possible that the Republicans in particular will not listen to you, HOWEVER you can make their lives hell over this bill. You can make this bill and others like it VERY undesirable to sponsor in future by calling, emailing, faxing, and sending physical letters.

Resources for contacting your legislators: 5 calls, ResistBot

It is also likely that the local Democratic Party offices will organize against this bill. You can build coalition with them (or any parties/organizations left of them) and move to defeat the bill. It is likely that LGBTQ organizations will also organize to resist the bill, possibly building coalition with ISPs and VPN providers, whose business would be seriously impacted by the passage of the bill. You may also look out for information from the Attorney General of Michigan's office, as they would be forced to enact the prohibitions.

If you are outside of MI, the most useful thing you can do is probably spread the word, volunteer time with local organizations to help with resistance actions (if they request volunteers from out of state), or donate money to local advocacy networks interested in opposing the bill.

imagymnasia

Okay no I got really pissed so I wrote to my reps IMMEDIATELY (boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, so I write political emails on company time) If anyone needs a jumping point, here's what I wrote.

I was horrified to learn about the existence of HB-4938. This bill is an affront to freedom of speech—once again, the GOP stands behind the flimsy premise of "protecting children" to enforce harmful purity culture and label valid adult human expression as obscene and criminal. I am especially appalled by the second category, which states it would be a crime to depict, in ANY way, media "that includes a disconnection between biology and gender by an individual." This is a clear attack on the transgender, nonbinary, and intersex communities, whom the GOP continues to scapegoat instead of standing on real American issues like gun control, education, supporting local economy and small businesses, environmental concerns, and more. Censorship and the limitation of free speech has no place in our communities, our state, or our nation. I urge you to vote against this bill, and strike down this and further attempts to hobble Michiganders' right to freedom of expression. Not only do we all have an obligation to defend our marginalized neighbors, but we know this will not stop until ALL media is aligned with GOP values, and anything to the contrary is criminalized, penalized, and crushed. Listen to your constituents. Michigan does not want this, and we do not want what comes after should this pass. Put this bill to rest and please, please urge your colleagues to do the same.

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Wonderful work! Thank you for sharing & giving people something to jump off of!

If you are writing or speaking to a Republican (all of the sponsors and a large portion of the Judiciary Committee), here are some further talking points you can bring up:

The bill would cost an enormous amount of money to implement (even though they want to fund it through the fines, all of the infrastructure for implementation must be created first), and it would force the already overworked Attorney General’s office to commit a huge amount of time and labor to enforcement. It would be a waste of money and effort.

The bill requires that the law go into effect 90 days after it is signed. This is not enough time to build the regulatory apparati required by the law. Most businesses who are impacted by the law will simply choose to leave instead of complying. This has the potential to impede Michiganders’ business interests and hamper the ability of the citizenry to live normally.

Because it requires compliance from business interests and constant monitoring, it would make Michigan a less attractive place for profitable, emerging technological enterprises. The draconian strictures will drive potential and current businesses out of Michigan and hurt the economy/future economic prospects.

I want to emphasize that this is an extremely winnable fight. Do not give up.

The bill has not even reached the House floor yet. There are many steps it is required to pass before it could even make it to the governor’s desk. Do not panic or spread defeatism. Organize, build coalition, and act.